Miscellaneous Car News

I can't think of any inner city wankers ...... can you ?

 

Fixed. And, no I can’t.

 

Depends what you call ‘rural’ - victorian south coast is a big difference to say west of Chinchilla in Qld.

 

Great video, I really didn't know that history of the car, didn't realise it had direct fuel injection & that it really was a race car for the road, they're absolutely beautiful, no wonder there worth so much money, thanks for posting

 

Does the i30 have one?

 

Yes, the driver

 

Jensen?

 

No those buttons cost too much

 

No, you're a massive knob

 

sticky buttons?

 

"They took the front and rear axle, and the engine, put them on the floor and said what can we build around this". How do people dream up this stuff?

The 300SL is a road version of the W194 race car, built specifically for the US market as a luxury tourer. It was a marketing exercise, borrowing from the success of the race cars. Like every Merc SL ever made, lovely to drive at modest to brisk speeds, but not sports cars.

And for the non German speakers, SL = Sonder Laufen = Special Runner or Special Roadster. Not "Sports Light".

 

Sounds and looks incredible.

Another car to add to the list for when I win the lotto.

 

Really? Even the M-B website refers to the designation as “Super Leicht”????

https://emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/classic/mercedes-benz-sl-class-60-year-history/

 

I don't think that may people like it

355 is super liked

 

Ian is Super Licked

 

FFS why does everything discussed on here end up in how wonderful a 355 is?

 

It’s the slow march of LWB8C through society

 

I think Benz gave up and caved in to the popular perception. Pommy journalists came up with the Sports Light idea.